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A fast moving and topical business and finance show bringing you breaking business and economic news and financial market updates. Presented by former CEO and investment bank global trading head Peter Lewis, with over 30 years' industry experience. Join Peter and his expert guests for analysis and discussion on the day's top business stories live from 8 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. every weekday morning on RTHK Radio 3. We have a podcast to download after the show and you can also listen through the RTHK Radio 3 website live or later in the day. We welcome your questions, comments and feedback to read out in the show. You can email us at moneytalk@rthk.hk, post on our Facebook page "Money Talk on RTHK Radio 3 " or find us on twitter "MoneytalkR3") .

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On today's Money Talk, taking an in-depth look at the local and global business headlines are Francis Lun, CEO of GEO Securities, and Ronald Wan, Non-Executive Chairman at Partners Financial Holdings Ltd. Giving a view from down-under is Toby Lawson, H...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

On today's Money Talk, analysing the business news headlines from around the globe are Tariq Dennison, Portfolio Manager at GFM Asset Management, and Nitin Dialdas, Chief Investment Officer at Mandarin Capital. Providing this week's view from Taiwan is...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

On today's Money Talk, our panel of market experts providing an in-depth analysis of the US-China trade dispute and other business headlines consists of Stewart Aldcroft, Chairman of CitiTrust Limited; Karine Hirn, Partner at East Capital; and RTHK’s I...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Commenting on the latest developments in the US-China trade dispute and other business headlines on today's Money Talk are Connie Bolland, Founder & Chief Economist of Economic Research Analysis, and Steve Wang, Senior Credit Analyst at CITIC CLSA. Pro...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

On today's Money Talk, giving us the latest update on the Australian federal election is Toby Lawson, Head of Global Markets at Societe Generale Australia. Reviewing the latest business headlines are Alex Wong, Director of Asset Management at Ample Cap...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

China has threatened to retaliate against an executive order from Donald Trump which bans Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from acquiring components & technology from US companies without government approval. China’s Foreign Ministry said China strongly o...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

President Trump has delayed imposing tariffs on auto imports by up to six months. In January, the Commerce Department issued a report suggesting that President Donald Trump impose a tariff of 25% on imported cars, saying that the imports threaten ...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Beijing has hit back at claims that it reneged on commitments made in previous trade negotiations with the US. China’s foreign ministry said yesterday that it was Washington that tried to change the terms of the negotiations by suddenly trying to force...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

US stocks have plunged overnight after China said it would retaliate to US tariffs with measures of its own. President Trump said Beijing would be “hurt very badly” if it doesn’t agree to a trade deal and warned Xi Jinping not to retaliate as things wo...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is in discussions with trade officials in Washington to try and avert an escalation of the US-China trade war. The Trump Administration is due to raise tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods from noon today, Hong Kong ti...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry says it will take "necessary countermeasures" if the US raises tariffs on Chinese exports which are due to come into effect at noon tomorrow, Hong Kong time. Meanwhile, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He leads a delegation to mee...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The US and China will continue trade talks this week after China’s Commerce Department announced that Vice Premier Liu He, who’s leading the mainland delegation, will visit Washington tomorrow and Friday. However, global shares have slumped after US tr...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters overnight that the Trump administration plans to increase duties on Chinese imports at 12:01 a.m. on Friday. He accused Beijing of backpedalling on previous commitments it made during ten rounds ...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Donald Trump announced yesterday that he will raise tariffs on US$200bn of Chinese goods on Friday because trade talks are progressing too slowly. A further US$325bn of goods could face new duties of 25% "shortly".Job creation in the US has beaten ex...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s economy slowed markedly in the first quarter of 2019, putting in the worst performance in almost ten years. GDP slowed to 0.5% year-on-year, compared to 1.2% growth in the final quarter of 2018. The economy was hit by increased trade tensio...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates on hold despite demands from President Trump to cut them. The central bank said borrowing costs will stay at between 2.25%-2.5% and it will remain “patient” in its approach to future moves despite a lack o...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The US has warned the UK and its European allies that its intelligence sharing would have to be re-evaluated if it uses Huawei to build its 5G networks. Last week, it was revealed that the UK government had decided to allow the Chinese telecoms firm to...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The US Commerce Department has reported a better-than-expected US economy for the first quarter of this year, with real GDP growing at an annual rate of 3.2%. This is higher than the projected 2.1% and the 2.2% rate recorded for the fourth quarter of 2...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The People’s Bank of China has announced more measures to continue its targeted support for small and medium sized enterprises. Yesterday, the central bank said that it will set up a new policy framework so that banks that support private SMEs can ben...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday that the mainland economy still faces downward pressure and the government will counter it by deepening reforms and implementing large-scale tax cuts. The PBOC signalled that it will step away from further broa...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

US stocks have surged to new record highs overnight on Wall Street following better than expected earnings from a raft of companies including Twitter. But Chinese stocks saw their first two-day losing streak in over a month after mainland authorities s...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

China’s Politburo has indicated that the focus of policymakers will switch from economic stimulus designed to stabilise the economy to structural reforms over the coming months. The hint of a reduction in credit creation sent stocks on the mainland tum...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Economic growth on the mainland has beaten expectations, rising 6.4% in the first quarter. It was boosted by an improvement in factory activity which saw its biggest jump in almost five years.America’s trade deficit unexpectedly shrank to its narrowe...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Data from around the world yesterday has shown improving economic sentiment. Home prices on the mainland picked up speed with price rises seen in 65 out of 70 large cities. The PBOC said it was now more optimistic about the outlook for the Chinese econ...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Money Talk is live from the Internet Economy Summit at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. We are joined by Ken Lo, Founding Member of ZA International, Shaden Marzouk, Managing Director of Asia Health and Global Health Innovation at AXA, a...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Credit creation soared in China in March and banks extended far more new loans than expected. Chinese authorities have thrown stimulus equivalent to around 9% of GDP at the economy in the form of new credit during the first quarter of 2019, to stabilis...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

There’s been an uptick in inflation in China and the US. Consumer inflation on the mainland has risen to a five-month high, driven by pork prices which climbed 5.1% in March, the first increase in over two years. In the US, wholesale prices rose by the...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The minutes from the Fed’s March monetary policy meeting, released overnight, show the Fed warning that rates could move in either direction in the coming months. Despite leaving interest rates unchanged, the US central bank is leaving its options open...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The International Monetary Fund says the world faces a “delicate moment” after downgrading its forecast for global economic growth to the slowest pace in a decade. The IMF warns that risks are skewed to the downside, and include new trade threats, Brex...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

China’s National Audit office has warned of a surge of bad debt at small banks around the country. The mainland’s central auditing authority said that some banks in Henan province had 40% of their loans classified as bad debt by the end of 2018.A fi...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Stocks on Wall Street advanced on Friday after the latest employment data showed the US economy added more jobs than forecast in March. However, wage growth slowed. President Trump told reporters the Fed should immediately cut interest rates and embark...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has met with the Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, to try and agree a way forward for Brexit after her own deal, negotiated with the EU, was rejected three times by MPs. Mr Corbyn called the talks "useful but inconc...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The World Trade Organization has warned of a global trade slow down. WTO economists said yesterday that global trade grew by 3% in 2018 and would slow to 2.6% this year. Credit ratings agency Moody’s warned that a global recession is “highly likely” if...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

World stocks have rallied after manufacturing data from China and the US came in better than expected and reduced fears about slowing global economic growth. China’s Caixin manufacturing PMI expanded for the first time since last December and factories...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

In economic data out of the mainland yesterday, manufacturing activity hit the highest level in six months, rebounding back into expansion territory. Analysts had expected the gauge to remain in contraction. Activity in the services sector also beat ex...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

UK MPs will vote again on Theresa May’s Brexit deal later today, but this time only on part of the deal, namely the withdrawal agreement which includes the controversial Irish "backstop.” There’ll be no vote on the political declaration which sets out ...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has promised conservative MPs she will stand down as leader if they back her Brexit deal. Leading Eurosceptics including former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said theyll now support her withdrawal agreement but the Democ...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Hong Kong and Australia have signed a bilateral trade deal and investment agreement covering a range of areas including trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property and government procurement. The agreement comes as the latest figures...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Yields on global sovereign debt have fallen further in Monday trading as fears increase over a global economic slowdown. However, on Wall Street US stocks have stabilised following a sharp selloff in Asian equities yesterday.The South China Morning ...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Stocks around the world fell sharply on Friday amid fears of a global economic slowdown. Sharply deteriorating manufacturing data from the US, Europe and Japan sparked a selloff with the Eurozone manufacturing PMI dropping to a six-year low.In the bo...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

On Friday's Money Talk with Richard Harris, we're joined by Francis Lun, CEO of GEO Securities, and on the phone from Sydney, Toby Lawson, Head of Global Markets at Societe Generale Australia. In the second part, we'll be joined by Jonathan Beckett...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The US Federal Reserve has voted unanimously to keep US interest rates unchanged in a range between 2.25%-2.5%. The FOMC doesn’t expect to raise interest rates for the rest of 2019 amid slower economic growth.President Trump said overnight his admini...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to ask for Brexit to be postponed until 30 June or longer. The cabinet couldn’t agree on how long the delay should be for, but one ministerial source said it could be up to two years. EU Brexit negotia...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

UK Prime Minister’s Theresa May’s plans to hold a third vote this week on her Brexit deal have been scuppered by the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, who warned that the deal must first undergo substantive changes before it can be resubmit...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Germany’s two biggest banks, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank announced yesterday that they have entered formal merger talks. The two banks have explored before a tie-up, but previous talks have ended without a deal. The move is reported to have the suppo...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The latest economic data from the mainland shows China’s industrial output growing at the slowest pace in 17 years. The unemployment rate rose to the highest level in two years.US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has confirmed that the trade summi...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

Good morning. The UK’s House of Commons has voted to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances, in a non-binding vote. However, unless an alternative deal is agreed with the European Union, the UK will crash out of the EU without a deal on 29...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been defeated once again in the House of Commons by 391 votes to 242, a majority of 149. The humiliating setback came despite securing what she described as “legally binding changes” from the EU to ensure...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange and MSCI have signed an agreement to launch MSCI China A-Share Index Futures denominated in yuan. HKEX chief executive, Charles Li, said in a statement, “this new agreement with MSCI will facilitate the development of a key...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

A series of disappointing economic data on Friday has intensified worries about a faltering global economy. In the US, jobs growth slowed by the most in over a year and a half coming almost to a standstill in February. Just 20,000 new jobs were created...By Radio Television Hong Kong.

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